Question

I have a very simple model. I want to add a send email routine to on of the methods for the model:

$this->Email->delivery = 'smtp'; $this->Email->template = 'default'; $this->Email->sendAs = 'text';      $this->Email->from    = 'email'; $this->Email->to      = 'email'; $this->Email->subject = 'Error'; 

I’ve tried putting

App::import('Component', 'Email'); 

at the top, to no avail. The error I get is:

Fatal error: Call to undefined method stdClass::send() in E:\xampp\htdocs8080\app\models\debug.php on line 23

Any ideas?

I’m running CakePHP 1.2

Answer 1

Well, you’re doing it wrong way. You should place email send routine in your AppController:

function _sendMail($to,$subject,$template) {     $this->Email->to = $to;     // $this->Email->bcc = array('[e-mail]'); // copies     $this->Email->subject = $subject;     $this->Email->replyTo = '[e-mail]';     $this->Email->from = 'MyName <[e-mail]>';     $this->Email->template = $template;     $this->Email->sendAs = 'text'; //Send as 'html', 'text' or 'both' (default is 'text')     $this->Email->send(); } 

Then use it from ANY controller like this:

$this->_sendMail($this->data['User']['email'],'Thanks for registering!','register'); 

And don’t forget to place

var $components = array('Email'); 

in controllers, in which you ‘re using _sendMail function.